"Trust the science" says Philip J. Pierre on COVID-19 vaccine

The leader of the St Lucia Labour party urged people to trust the science as he talked about the coronavirus vaccine in a 2-minute long video posted on his Facebook.

Philip J. Pierre, who is presenting himself as the Prime Ministerial candidate for upcoming general elections, also took the first dose of the Oxford Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, March 4.

He stated that as he took the vaccine only after the larger amounts of vaccine doses are available in the country.

He also thanked the government of India for assisting the country with over 20,000 doses of the Oxford Astrazeneca COVIVD-19 vaccine.

Barbados and Dominica had also shared their vaccines with St Lucia in earlier February. The SLP leader also showed gratitude to the sister nations.

St Lucia Labour Party leader Philip J. Pierre announced that many of his parliamentarians and party candidates have also received their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

"I encourage you all to trust the science; the sooner our population become vaccinated, the sooner we will be able to get our economy moving again." stated the SLP leader.

He urged the most vulnerable people of St Lucia to come forward to get vaccinated.

"Those who have non-communicable diseases, like hypertension, diabetes, asthma, please ensure that these people get the vaccine," stated Philip J. Pierre.

He asked others to put the most vulnerable and senior citizens first in terms of getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Pierre stated that the country has lost too many innocent lives to COVID-19. Additionally, he stated that to rebuild St Lucia, the country needs healthy and vibrant people.

St Lucia is among the harshly affected countries due to the coronavirus pandemic in the region. Over 43 people have lost their lives to the contagious disease in this Caribbean country. Besides this, more than 4,000 people have confirmed to catch the virus. The numbers continue to rise every day.